Here are a few notes concerning our upcoming CMTA / GMTA Festival, which is scheduled for March 4, 2017!

Festival enrollment forms for non-competitive studentsneed to be turned in to me. If you are mailing yours to me, please make sure that the postmarked date is no later than Saturday, Feb. 11. If you choose to e-mail me your list, you do not have to use an official form. Simply send me the list of students participating and let me know if this is a competitive or non-competitive list. Please send all e-mails with participants’ names by Saturday, Feb. 11.

Send them to this address: Or e-mail them to:Trudi Norman jwtnorman@att.net2457 Harris RoadEllerslie, GA 31807

List your students in the order they are to play.

If a student needs to play at a certain time of day due to a scheduling conflict, please note that on the form or in your email. (Use the enrollment form in your CMTA Handbook, or if e-mailing, note that this list of participants is non-competitive.)

The adjudication forms are also in your handbook. Do not send these to me. You will make as many copies as you need, fill them out, and give them to the judge before your student plays.

There is a duet category for non-competitive students. I can provide you with the enrollment form for this category. The adjudication form for this category is in your handbook. In this category, only one piece is played. Please note that a duet piece does not count as the second piece for a student also playing a solo.

You should receive a playing schedule about two weeks before the Festival. PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you need to change the playing order of any students once you have received the schedule. I will make the necessary changes on the copies that will be at the front desk during the Festival.

A few other notes…There is a $10 fee per participant! Then an additional $5 for any second event. (i.e. $10 for a student that is playing in the Festival, and $5 if that same student is also playing a duet.) Do not send me any money. Collect the fees from your students, and write one check to CMTA and give it to Sandra Kinsaul. Your check is due to her by Feb. 18! Please help Sandra by being responsible enough to turn in this money to her by the deadline… thanks!

Sandra Kinsaul 325 Lee Rd. 528 Phenix City, AL 36870

A few other things to note:

Make sure that your students know to number the measures of their performance pieces.

All participants who are playing for a judge need to bring their music! If the music is forgotten, the judge will give comments only, without a rating.

If you have a student or students participating competitively, then follow the instructions on the page entitled “GMTA Online Events Registration”.